AfroerotiK

Erotic provocateur, racially-influenced humanist, relentless champion for the oppressed, and facilitator for social change, Scottie Lowe is the brain child, creative genius and the blood, sweat, and tears behind AfroerotiK. Intended to be part academic, part educational, and part sensual, she, yes SHE gave birth to the website to provide people of African descent a place to escape the narrow-mined, stereotypical, limiting and oft-times degrading beliefs that abound about our sexuality. No, not all Black men are driven by lust by white flesh or to create babies and walk away. No, not all Black women are promiscuous welfare queens. And as hard as it may be to believe, no, not all gay Black men are feminine, down low, or HIV positive. Scottie is putting everything on the table to discuss, debate, and dismantle stereotypes in a healthy exchange of ideas. She hopes to provide a more holistic, informed, and enlightened discussion of Black sexuality and dreams of helping couples be more open, honest, and adventurous in their relationships.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

White America's Obsession with Jon Benet

Her parents made her into a hypersexualized little Barbie. The media made her into a demi goddess. I for one have little or no compassion for her any longer simply because she's been shoved down my throat for the last decade. What happened to the 13 disabled Black children that were kept locked in crates last year by their white foster family? No one knows because it's non news. They are living. They will suffer for the rest of their lives because of what those people did. Jon Benet is dead, life goes on. I don't give a fuck if she was blonde and she would have grown up to be Miss America, I really don't. What empathy I might have had for her is tainted by the fact that they are making her life more valuable than anyone else on the planet. Rest in Peace Jon Benet because I'm sure your soul is tired of being pimped.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are basically right. The are some serious and deep issues connected to this obcessive fixation. The topic doesn't really deserve our attention so why give it anymore.

Anonymous said...

It's 2:20PM on the West Coast, and I am here thinking, after reading this blog entry, maybe Scottie and the Anonymous poster, is stretching it a bit with the excessive Coverage. So what do I do, I open the following websites :

www.cnn.com
www.abcnews.com
www.cbsnews.com
www.foxnews.com
www.nbcnews.com

And sadly, they all headlined with the Jon Benet story.
Reminds me of this clip from Youtube :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUmqbiPazRU

La Reyna said...

Me, I don't give two cents about JonBenet Ramsey. I'm more concerned with coping with inequality, racism and sexism than with such triviality such as the dead blond girl. What about the dead black girls and women? They have value too. Yet, the media wants to keep the focus on the blondes, JonBenet and Natlee. Until they treat Black girls with value, I keep on ignoring blonde girls until they do.